diff --git a/textproc/py-backrefs/Makefile b/textproc/py-backrefs/Makefile
index 7dab29e80fb8..0131c80a27d8 100644
--- a/textproc/py-backrefs/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-backrefs/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	backrefs
-DISTVERSION=	5.8
+DISTVERSION=	5.9
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Wrapper around re and regex that adds additional back references
 WWW=		https://github.com/facelessuser/backrefs
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>=0.21.1:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		EXTRAS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	EXTRAS
 
 EXTRAS_DESC=	Support for bregex (a wrapper for the external Regex library)
 EXTRAS_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}regex>0:textproc/py-regex@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-backrefs/distinfo b/textproc/py-backrefs/distinfo
index 551bb31115c3..a6fb10fd4704 100644
--- a/textproc/py-backrefs/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-backrefs/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1741278890
-SHA256 (backrefs-5.8.tar.gz) = 2cab642a205ce966af3dd4b38ee36009b31fa9502a35fd61d59ccc116e40a6bd
-SIZE (backrefs-5.8.tar.gz) = 6773994
+TIMESTAMP = 1750652014
+SHA256 (backrefs-5.9.tar.gz) = 808548cb708d66b82ee231f962cb36faaf4f2baab032f2fbb783e9c2fdddaa59
+SIZE (backrefs-5.9.tar.gz) = 5765857